Also known as Garcinia kola or bitter cola, bitter kola is a fruit with diverse uses. Traditionally, bitter kola is an important fruit and Nigerians recognise how important it is in our culture.
Bitter kola is the fruit from the Kola tree (usually about 40 to 60 feet). This star-shaped fruit is native to West Africa.
Bitter kola contains about 2 percent of caffeine and is bitter when eaten fresh. Experts say that when dry, bitter kola has a less bitter taste and could smell like nutmeg.
Historically, bitter kola is also an important fruit. If you’re a fan of Coca Cola and other cola drinks, then you might have a closer relationship with bitter kola than you might know. The first type of Coca Cola was made from extracts of the bitter kola.
In the 1800s, John Pemberton of Georgia invented the first cola drink by mixing ingredients from the kola plant and coca, and carbonated water, to make the Coca Cola drink; a worldwide popular cola drink. Yeah, shocking, I know right!
Why would we encourage you to eat such a bitter fruit you wonder. Because of the presence of important nutrients in bitter kola, this fruit provides the body with a lot of benefits. Below are some health benefits of the kola fruit and why you should ignore its taste and include it into your diet:
Bitter Kola Might Protect You Against Diabetes
According to early studies, kolaviron, a chemical present in bitter kola, might protect patients of Type 2 Diabetes against hypoglycemia.
Although this study has only be carried out on rats, we can hope that when replicated on humans, the result will be the same and a break will be discovered for people living with Type 2 Diabetes.…Keep reading the full & the viral video now.
